Chablis Dauvissat 2018

The Domaine Dauvissat has sold wine under its own label and remains one of the great traditionalists of Chablis. Since the torch was transmitted from generation to generation, here little has changed: the techniques are still classic and remarkably similar to those used by Raveneau.
The wines have become increasingly profound since Vincent Dauvissat joined his father, René, in the '70s. Vincent prefers natural farming, using sparingly the treatments for the vine, if at all. The fruit is harvested by hand and not de-stemmed; the fermentation takes place partly in steel tanks and partly in wood, and aging takes place in barrels for six to eight years. Dauvissat has always aged its wines in cask, believing that this allowed the wine to breathe during the élévage. As René Dauvissat said in 2002, "The oak is very important for Chablis. The synergy between air and wood adds character and also helps to soften the wine.Without the oak, Chablis would be too hard."